2009 Winter & Mid-season testing (Results and Pictures)

[why so serious]

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How impressive that Ferrari is so consistent in long runs. Massa has beaten last year's fastest lap not one but many times. If they don't experience any technical woes, we might see a prancing horse domination. We have seen lots of time that qualification is important but not decisive. Looking up tyres, especially rear tyres, will be the achilles heel in this season and gues who can look after their tyres most.

Last year they showd massive dominance during the test in Bahrein, and what did they achieve in Melbourne?

Mate, I've already pointed out that they shouldn't have technical glitches. They had sheer pace in Australia but couldn't maximize it on the day. You're right that you have to finish to finish first but what I say is somewhat different that they are again very consistent in long runs meaning they will be very strong as race pace.

[AzShadow]

Ferrari's got race speed no doubt, but it's exactly the technical glitches I'm worried about. Not only KERS, but they've constantly got some other problems too.

[why so serious]

For Ferrari, Toyota and BMW, test sessions are over. They must pack their freight on March 19th so they have one week to remedy all of their gremlins, for particularly Ferrari. Why they seem to be so strong may be due to their excess mileage compared to their rivals. In other words, they must be ready-to-be-packed at the end of today.

Other teams have 1 more week test session which will help them to improve their cars. McLaren and Brawn may exploit these sessions more than others so McLaren may get rid of their rear grip woes and Brawn GP may improve their reliability.

It's a bit nail biting time for Ferrari, having 2 or more KERS problems, 1 hydraulic problem throughout all test sessions, afair. With such a tight pack, they cannot afford to retire from mechanical or electrical reasons as in much race as last year. They should sort all of their reliability gremlins out, at least at factory until March 19th.

Williams have been so quite until today which saw Rosberg topped the time sheets in the morning with 1:19.774. It appears to be their qualification pace and quite promising actually. Renualt have fallen back as Alonso said in AS newspaper "It's obvious that there are three or four teams ahead of the rest. I had a lot more doubts last season because the car was not going well. Ferrari, Brawn, or BMW are, right now, unreachable." Albeit, Alonso always says the same in the begining of every season, even in 2007 when he was in McLaren.

[shailf1]

The Fern and Renault appear to be a little off the pace today, must not be doing any "glory runs".

Also interesting that the 2 top runners by almost a second

1. N. Rosberg Williams FW31 1:19.774 56 pit
2. R. Barrichello Brawn GP BGP 001 1:19.971 +0.197 74 pit

Are both in DIRE need of new sponsors...

[Zack]

3/12/2009

[shailf1]

it is suspected that renault day is over after a broken engine....

[why so serious]

The Fern and Renault appear to be a little off the pace today, must not be doing any "glory runs".

Plus an engine failure.

[Zack]

i expected Brawn Gp to suck pretty bad but hell NO ...their are looking good!

may be underweight

[megasyxx]

many thanks for the many high-res pics, zack

[alex1369]

thx very much 4 pics, can u post some more...

[andrebires]

1º Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 00:01'18''926 79
2º Nico Rosberg Williams 00:01'19''774 00:00'00''848 70

Impressive Brawn GP.

[darthfury]

everyone is getting BRAWNED at these tests

[mountford]

Some quality pictures there!

[shailf1]

Finished for today:

1º 17 Rubens Barrichello Brawn GP 00:01'18''926 103
.2º 9 Nico Rosberg Williams 00:01'19''774 00:00'00''848 117
.3º 15 Timo Glock Toyota 00:01'20''091 00:00'01''165 118
.4º 16 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 00:01'20''576 00:00'01''650 75
.5º 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 00:01'20''664 00:00'01''738 56
.6º 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 00:01'20''677 00:00'01''751 84
.7º 4 Robert Kubica BMW-Sauber 00:01'20''740 00:00'01''814 128
.8º 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 00:01'20''869 00:00'01''943 69
.9º 11 Sebastian Buemi Toro Rosso 00:01'21''013 00:00'02''087 62
.10º 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India 00:01'21''045 00:00'02''119 107
.11º 12 Sebastian Bourdais Toro Rosso 00:01'21''629 00:00'02''703 13

[swca92]

A 1m18.9???? That's an incredible time,Brawn are becoming very threatening for the bigger teams.Kubica doing 128 laps is very impressive,they may well be the team to beat in Australia.